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Old 09-23-2017, 08:58 PM
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Default My session backup files are messed up!

Whenever I open an auto-saved session backup file, the window position, track heights, scrolling behavior, track view states, plug-in positions, etc. are all changed. I can manually reset everything but it’s time consuming and inconvenient during a busy session. Anyone know why this happens and/or how to prevent this?

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Old 09-23-2017, 09:14 PM
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You mean opening the session save you made when you exit Pro Tools or are you rolling back to previous auto saves?


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Old 09-23-2017, 09:17 PM
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Rolling back to an auto saved .bak file
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Old 09-24-2017, 04:48 AM
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Rolling back to an auto saved .bak file
There's your problem. A lot depends on how often you have autosave set for. Your really should get into the habit of doing a save before closing out the session or quitting PT and NOT rely on autosave.
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Old 09-24-2017, 08:33 AM
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Of course I always save before closing or quitting, and frequently while I’m working. What I’m talking about is opening a session backup file after a PT crash, in order to save as much work as possible. The session file that crashed will only reopen in the state in which it was last saved, which could be too long ago, depending on when I last did a manual save.
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Old 09-24-2017, 09:07 AM
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Whenever I open an auto-saved session backup file, the window position, track heights, scrolling behavior, track view states, plug-in positions, etc. are all changed. I can manually reset everything but it’s time consuming and inconvenient during a busy session. Anyone know why this happens and/or how to prevent this?

PT 12.7.1, Sierra on the latest tower before trash can. Lots of ram.

Are you saving window configurations for each session? This would let you place everything back to where it was... as well as alternate window configuration views for other tasks...

Window->Configurations

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Old 09-24-2017, 09:09 AM
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Of course I always save before closing or quitting, and frequently while I’m working. What I’m talking about is opening a session backup file after a PT crash, in order to save as much work as possible. The session file that crashed will only reopen in the state in which it was last saved, which could be too long ago, depending on when I last did a manual save.
because thats the state PT was in when the Auto-Save happened !! maybe !!

"the window position, track heights, scrolling behavior, track view states, plug-in positions, etc"

just a guess .. last time i had to use an auto-saved session i cannot remember and probably did not care - as it saved my bacon !!
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Old 09-24-2017, 09:11 AM
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@ Sparky, Thanks I’ll look into that. I just wonder why the session doesn’t come back exactly the way it was saved!
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Old 09-24-2017, 09:19 AM
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@ John, thanks but PT was definitely not in that state when it was auto saved.
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Old 09-24-2017, 01:41 PM
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@ John, thanks but PT was definitely not in that state when it was auto saved.
How can you be sure when the autosave happened? You can't. Autosave does not happen on exit or quit. Like I said - you MUST explicitly do a save before closing the session or quitting PT. That's the only way you can be sure to have things open up when you re-open the session. This is the reason the fingers on my left hand are permanently bent so I can do a cmd-S (Mac speak for save)
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